Charles Henry Mabey (c. 1836-1912)

Introduction

According to the Mapping Sculpture
site, the “sculptor, medallist, architectural sculptor, monumental sculptor, architectural modeller” who was born in London worked on The Temple Bar Memorial, exhibited busts and medallions at the Royal Academy, and advertised his form as producing a wide range of domestic, ecclesiastical, architectural, and other sculptural work. One gains an idea of his range by comparing his Atlas and two caryatids in the traditional classical style with his more realistic bas reliefs of shipbuilding and mining on the façade of the National Provincial Bank of England.

His son, Charles Henry Mabey Junior (1867-1965), followed him into his profession, joined his firm, and probably took it over in later years. — George P. Landow.

Bibliography

“Charles Henry Mabey.” Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951. University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011. Web. 27 July 2011.

“Charles Henry Mabey Junior.” Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951. University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011. Web. 27 July 2011.